Once again, we want to give a big thanks to all of our volunteer recipe testers for your thoughtful comments and for helping us continue to strengthen our recipe recommendations. You can read each tester's comments by clicking through to the Editors' Picks recipes -- the comments are under "Amanda and Merrill's Notes" at the top. And even if the recipe you tested wasn't chosen as an EP, please feel free to leave your testing notes in the recipe's comments section. Constructive criticism is always encouraged!

We've also added some incentives to reward your hard work and make things interesting. The three people who test the most Editors' Picks candidates by June 1, 2010 will be entered in a drawing to win one of these fabulous prizes:

gluttonforlife, The decision to make a recipe an EP is a subjective one from the editors, based on the tester's review -- but just because a recipe isn't chosen doesn't mean that it failed. We're really trying to highlight the best of the best each week. Testers are encouraged to post their feedback in the recipe's comments section. For more details on testing results, we'd suggest reaching out to the tester to discuss. Hopefully it will enrich the recipe developing process for everyone involved.

monkeymom, the EP candidates are chosen in a pretty straightforward matter: semi-democratically. After studying the recipe submissions each week, the editors vote. The recipes that garner the most interest are either tested by us or by the community. The reason it's semi-democratic is because A&M hold more sway (we could call them the executive branch, perhaps?). If we could, we'd test each and every recipe, but we think this approach is the next best thing.